Ninua

Akkadian

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly etymologically connected to π’„© (nΕ«num, β€œfish”).[1] For more details, see Nineveh (Name).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ninua ?

  1. Nineveh (capital city of Assyria in the late VIII and VII centuries BCE)

Alternative forms

  • NinΓ’
Cuneiform spellings
Logograms Phonetic
  • π’Œ·π’€π’†  (uruNINAki)
  • π’Œ·π’€ (uruNINA)
  • 𒀏𒆠 (NINAki)
  • 𒀏 (NINA)
  • π’‰Œπ’ˆΏπ’€€π’†  (ni-nuβ‚‚-aki)
  • π’‰Œπ’ˆΏπ’€€ (ni-nuβ‚‚-a)
  • π’Œ·π’‰Œπ’ˆΎπ’€€ (uruni-na-a)

References

  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "Ninevite, n. and adj." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013.
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